10.54. Aboot-0.9b

The aboot package contains the Alpha Bootloader.

10.54.1. Installation of aboot

The following patch addresses build issues with GCC 4.1.1:

patch -Np1 -i ../aboot-0.9b-kernel26_gcc4_fixes-4.patch

Compile the package:

make

Install the package:

make install

Installed programs: abootconf, e2writeboot, isomarkboot, swriteboot

abootconf	Sets the partition number that contains the configuration file for the secondary bootloader.
e2writeboot	Can be used to write a secondary bootstrap loader to an ext2 formatted filesystem (normally on a floppy disk).
isomarkboot	Makes an iso image bootable.
swriteboot	Used to write the secondary SRM bootloader to a harddisk.